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Events:FOSDEM 2007
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Openmoko at FOSDEM
This page documents a past event.
Sean Moss-Pultz will be giving a presentation at FOSDEM: Presentation Presenter Profile
Michael 'Mickey' Lauer will also be there, and mentioned: "The most prominent informal FOSDEM gathering is the Friday Beer Event at the Roy D'Espagne. A major part of the OpenEmbedded crowd will be there, as well."
Here is a video of the Openmoko presentation by Sean Moss - Pultz at the FOSDEM.
Fake it at FOSDEM Beer Event
Quite a few Openmoko enthusiasts will be meeting-up at the Friday Beer Event on February the 23rd. http://www.fosdem.org/2007/beerevent
Sean mentioned being at the beer event himself, to quote the most important part of that exchange:
> Best place would be the beer event of fosdem. Friday evening. ;) Deal. Drinks will be on me! -Sean
Well... I can't remember Nokia ever buying me a beer... So that we can get some idea of how many people to expect, please add your name to the following list if you will be there.
People likely to attend the FOSDEM Beer Event (Please edit as needed):
- Sean Moss-Pultz
- Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
- Stefan Schmidt
- Richard Bennett
- Marc Verwerft
- Rob Taylor
- Peter Leemans
- Philippe De Swert
- Jan Lübbe
- Daniel Willmann
- Thomas Marchesseau (btw for sure on saturday)
- Marc-André Beck
- Koen Kooi
- Ole Tange
- Matthias 'greentux' Lemke
- Marcin 'hrw' Juszkiewicz
- ...
How do we find each other?
That's pretty easy. The venue is linked to above. You can also try to recognize some of the guys by looking at http://flickr.com/photos/koenkooi/sets/72157594516863220/ and http://flickr.com/photos/koenkooi/sets/72157594436178138/ (Photos courtesy Koen Kooi).
Those lucky developers who already have a NEO1973 by then can hang it around their neck, on proud display, that should catch the attention.
All those poor sods who are still waiting for their NEO can FAKE IT:
Print the following PDF on stiff card, cut along the outline, and cut out the strap-hole, stick the two sides together and hang the resulting life-sized fake NEO from you FOSDEM neck-strap!
In case you wonder what that looks like, here's a PNG of the same thing:
Ohh ok, it's just a bit of nerdy fun...
It seems I'm not the only one who likes faking it, Ole Tange put together something similar here:


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Man recants accusation that 'Elmo' actor had sex with him when he was a minor
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy has recanted his story.
In a quick turnabout, the man on Tuesday described his sexual relationship with Clash as adult and consensual.
Clash responded with a statement of his own, saying he is "relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest." He had no further comment.
The man, who has not identified himself, released his statement through the Harrisburg, Pa., law firm Andreozzi & Associates.
Sesame Workshop, which produces "Sesame Street" in New York, soon followed by saying, "We are happy that Kevin can move on from this unfortunate episode."
The whirlwind episode began Monday morning, when Sesame Workshop startled the world by announcing that Clash had taken a leave of absence from "Sesame Street" in the wake of allegations that he had had a relationship with a 16-year-old.
Clash , a 52-year-old divorced father of a grown daughter, swiftly denied the charges of his accuser, who is in his early 20s. In that statement Clash acknowledged that he is gay but said the relationship had been between two consenting adults.
Though it remained unclear where the relationship took place, sex with a person under 17 is a felony in New York if the perpetrator is at least 21.
Sesame Workshop, which said it was first contacted by the accuser in June, had launched an investigation that included meeting with the accuser twice and meeting with Clash . Its investigation found the charge of underage conduct to be unsubstantiated.
Clash said on Monday he would take a break from Sesame Workshop "to deal with this false and defamatory allegation."
Neither Clash nor Sesame Workshop indicated on Tuesday when he might return to the show, on which he has performed as Elmo since 1984.
Elmo had previously been a marginal character, but Clash , supplying the fuzzy red puppet with a high-pitched voice and a carefree, child-like personality, launched the character into major stardom. Elmo soon rivaled Big Bird as the face of "Sesame Street."
Though usually behind the scenes, Clash meanwhile achieved his own measure of fame. In 2006, he published an autobiography, "My Life as a Furry Red Monster," and he was the subject of the 2011 documentary "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey."
He has won 23 daytime Emmy awards and one prime-time Emmy.

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18 Ozark Country Recipes
Ozark Berry Cobbler
Ozark cooks fill this cobbler with any kind of fruit they have on hand. This version sandwiches juicy berries between the streusel top and pastry.
Beans and Ham Hocks
Thanks to the ham hocks, the only seasoning needed in these homey beans is a bit of salt.
Skillet Corn Bread
Long before corn stick pans and muffin tins, a skillet was the pan of choice for making corn bread. This traditional recipe comes from a bed and breakfast in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Hummingbird Cake
This tall layer cake, with a medley of flavors from nuts, fruit and spices, comes from the kitchens of Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri. Add a sprinkling of pecans on top for even more crunch. Why is it called Hummingbird Cake? One story suggests the Ozark classic used to attract its namesake.
Upside Down Apple-Pear Pie
"You make a gooey brown sugar syrup in the bottom of the pan," explains Robert Stricklin, executive chef/educator at Keeter Center, College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. "When it comes out of the oven, you turn it upside down like a sticky bun."
Students working at the Keeter Center dining room present slices on a plate with both custard and caramel sauces. The fruit-pecan pie takes extra steps to prepare, but it's worth it.
Savory Skillet Succotash
The scent of succotash cooking in enormous cast-iron skillets lures visitors at Branson's Silver Dollar City. Our recipe is a smaller version, just right for a regular skillet. It's loaded with veggies, along with the chicken.
Ozark War Eagle Buttermilk Biscuits
Two kinds of flour make for fuller flavor in these biscuits. Our recipe includes an optional topping of sausage gravy, an Ozark tradition.
Gooseberry Pie
The blueberry-size green gooseberries in this recipe come from a spiny bush that grows in the Ozarks. At Silver Dollar City in Branson, the sweet-tart berries are mixed with sugar and tucked into a two-crust pie.
Smoked Trout Cakes
At the College of the Ozark's Keeter Center, cooks make this Ozark version of crab cakes substituting smoked trout. Customers pack the 250-seat dining room in the school's expansive Keeter Center log lodge for Ozark lunches and dinners prepared by culinary students.
Calico Potatoes
At Silver Dollar City, you'll find a "mess" of this two-potato side dish frying in a 5-foot-wide iron skillet. The aroma of sizzling onions and potatoes in bacon drippings makes the recipe hard to resist, even when you prepare it in a home-size pan.
Devils' Pool Chicken-Fried Steak
Traditional chicken-fried steak actually is beef. Diners at Devil's Pool Restaurant at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Missouri, love this crispy, fried entree, which comes with the restaurant's creamy mashed potatoes and gravy.
Devils' Pool Chicken-Fried Steak
Blueberry Thunder Muffins
At Persimmon Hill Farm (20 miles southwest of Branson), they call jumbo muffins Thunder Muffins—they're made in extra-large muffin pans. The farm's fresh blueberries make the flavor as big as the muffins.
Smoked Tomato Soup
Smoked tomatoes give all-American tomato soup a twist of Ozark flavor. Thyme, garlic and onion bring more depth to the taste.
War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler
Using the beloved pecan pie as a guide, cooks for the restaurant at the top of War Eagle Mill near Rogers, Arkansas, fashioned this cobbler, adding oat flour for a different flavor in the crust. The buttery crust layers in the middle of the syrupy filling, for a variation on the usual crown of topping. A generous measure of pecans adds crunch.
War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler
Miner's Beef Stew
Guests dine on this favorite stew at Silver Dollar City's Lucky Silver Mine Restaurant, while others learn how to make it at the park's Culinary & Craft School. The meat slow-cooks for fork-tender results.
Black Walnut Ice Cream
Staff at Silver Dollar City churn dozens of ice cream flavors at Hannah's Ice Cream Factory. For a sweeter ice cream, use more sugar. Look for black walnut flavoring, which pairs with nuts to give this cool treat its flavor, in large supermarkets.
Ozark Blackberry Cobbler
A sugared crispy pastry covers sweet juicy berries in this traditional dessert from the Monte Ne Inn near Rogers, Arkansas.
Warm-You-Up Beans and Ham
First published in Midwest Living® in 1998, this perennial comfort food made our list of the 20 best recipes published in the magazine's first two decades.
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The case against a fancy Thanksgiving
Year after year, the glossy food magazines scream that you have to tart up your turkey and pimp out your pumpkin pie. But the truth is, when it comes to Thanksgiving, most of us don't want exciting, new-fangled dishes. We want classic, comforting food, the stuff of Norman Rockwell.
"All that malarkey gets in the way of making a good Thanksgiving," says Sam Sifton, author of "Thanksgiving: How to Cook it Well" (Random House, 2012). "Just make a good bird. How about we start with excellence on the basics and move beyond there? You can probably improve on a classic Thanksgiving, but why?"
Thanksgiving exists as much in our minds as our stomachs, say cookbook authors and food experts, and it's not the day to mess with people's expectations. Remember the year you departed from family tradition by putting walnuts in the stuffing? Or the time you skipped Grandma's Jell-O mold? Didn't go so well, did it?
But traditional doesn't have to mean boring. As with any good meal, experts say start with excellent ingredients and treat them well. Vary flavors, textures and colors. And perhaps most important, know your limits.
"I suggest to people that they need to be honest with themselves about what they can really accomplish," says Jack Bishop, editorial director of America's Test Kitchen, publisher of Cook's Illustrated magazine. "You can have this fantasy, but if the reality does not line up, then you've just created a nightmare moment rather than a comforting moment."
If you have only a day to shop and prepare, Bishop says, don't make pies. Buy them, or have a guest bring them. If you have one oven, do your mashed sweet potatoes in the slow cooker, and maybe grill or deep fry the turkey to free up the oven for other things. Do as much as you can — the soup, the cranberry sauce — beforehand.
Use your time — and your money — wisely by investing in the best possible ingredients. If you buy a pie, buy a good pie. If you make one, use European butter and the crispest apples you can find. Make your cornbread stuffing with real eggs and butter and get the andouille from the local specialty shop. And remember that the absolute last place to cut back is the turkey.
"The turkey has to be the star of the show," says Rick Rodgers, author of "Thanksgiving 101" (William Morrow, 2007) and most recently the editor of "The Essential James Beard Cookbook" (St. Martin's Press, 2012). "That means choose it carefully. That means a fresh turkey. I never use a frozen turkey. The cost of a fresh turkey has come way down. Once a year you're going to roast a turkey. Would it kill you to buy a nice one?"
And remember that little things — things that take no time at all — can make the meal exciting and special.
"Fresh-out-of-the-oven rolls. Really good local butter. A wine that you would never serve unless it's a holiday," Rodgers says. "Homemade cranberry sauce. I repeat, homemade. It's so easy to make and it's delicious. One day out of the year, why open a can when it takes you 5 minutes to make it? It's just little things like that that make it a special meal."
Plan the menu well, anticipating how all the dishes go together so that the meal doesn't run together into one bland sensation. "You don't want to make three potato dishes," Bishop says. "You need to think about how the flavors and colors and textures are going to work on the plate. You don't want four starchy, creamy, buttery things, as delicious as that sounds."
But don't skip the starchy, creamy, buttery things, they all agree. Thanksgiving is a day of indulgence, a national day of dietary absolution. So use real cream and real butter. Forget about Uncle Morty's high blood pressure and salt the food until it tastes good. Use real sugar in the desserts.
"It's Thanksgiving," Sifton says. "You can have a salad tomorrow."
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Yesterday, Adam Liptak published a nice article , "From One Footnote, a Debate Over the Tangles of Law, Science and Money," in the New York Times. In it he explores the dubious role of Exxon on the legal scholarship regarding punitive damages.
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Two years after Exxon was hit with a $5 billion punitive damages award for the Exxon Valdez disaster, Prof. William R. Freudenburg's phone rang. The call propelled him, the professor said the other day, into "an ethical quagmire of the bottomless pit variety."
The caller was an Exxon engineer who wanted to pay the professor to conduct a study taking a dim view of punitive damages. The Exxon Valdez case would eventually reach the Supreme Court, the engineer said, and the study would be useful in convincing the court that punitive damages make little sense, especially if it was published in a prestigious academic journal.
Professor Freudenburg, who now teaches sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, took Exxon's money and conducted preliminary research. Exxon stopped supporting the study when the early findings did not point in a direction helpful to the company. But Exxon did help pay for several studies critical of punitive damages that appeared in places like The Yale Law Journal and The Columbia Law Review.
As the engineer predicted, the case did reach the Supreme Court. In a 5-to-3 decision in June, the court said the appropriate punishment for dumping 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989 was no more than about $500 million, a tenth of what the jury had awarded.
But the court also addressed the aggressive effort to reshape the academic debate over punitive damages. "Because this research was funded in part by Exxon," Justice David H. Souter wrote in a footnote that has rocked the legal academy, "we decline to rely on it."
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Science and the law have always had a tricky relationship, but it gets especially tangled in the appeals courts.
Whatever may be said about questionable scientific evidence submitted at trial, often accompanied by dueling expert witnesses, it is at least subject to the scrutiny of the adversary system, including cross-examination. Studies merely cited in footnotes to appellate briefs may represent the worst of both worlds — suspect science and untested evidence — which helps explain why Justice Souter was skeptical of them. But focusing on financing rather than quality is only a partial solution.
People who conduct empirical legal research say their work should be considered on the merits. Others accuse Justice Souter of being disingenuous, noting that the court largely adopted the approach advocated by the Exxon studies, disclaimer or no. Still others say the court mishandled the studies it cited with approval.
But Terry N. Gardner, the engineer who called Professor Freudenburg and coordinated the Exxon project, expressed satisfaction. "My feeling was that they seemed to have an obligation to say that," Mr. Gardner said of the footnote. "Yet the arguments the justices used in part reflected the conclusions of the studies."
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"The opinion reads like a bad joke," said Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, a law professor at Cornell. "They say they know of no study showing punitive damages are orderly in any way, and yet they cite" a study by Theodore Eisenberg, a prominent empirical legal studies scholar at Cornell, "showing punitive damages are pretty orderly."
Professor Eisenberg struggled to stay respectful about the court's approach to his work, saying he had been flattered to be cited at all. He finally settled on this phrase: "I believe the court went seriously astray" in concluding that his work supported a reduced award.
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Before Exxon cut off his financing, Professor Freudenburg said, one of his tentative conclusions had been that corporate transparency encourages responsible corporate behavior. That did not go over well with Exxon's legal department.
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The Supreme Court's decision in the Exxon case, Professor Freudenburg said, had caused him to come to a reluctant conclusion. "The legal system and the scientific method," he said, "co-exist in a way that is really hard on truth."
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To read the entire article, click here. For other Situationist posts examining the influence of corporations on science and policy theory, see "Without the Filter," "The Situation of University Research," "The company "had no control or influence over the research" . . . .," " Deep Capture – Part VII," "Industry-Funded Research," and "Industry-Funded Research – Part II."


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The new IDHS Family and Community Resource Center (FCRC) at 5050 N. Broadway will improve access to culturally competent disability and social services for immigrants and refugees, including Asians and for the broader population -disabled and non-disabled alike. The previous office located on Chicago's west side, was difficult for individuals with disabilities of all ethnicities and cultures to access in search of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services to obtain employment.
"Ensuring that our residents can easily access and apply for our services is paramount to the success of the department," said IDHS Secretary Michelle R.B. Saddler. "Residents of Chicago's north side will now be able to gain meaningful access to the state's VR system, as well as other employment-related resources and human services."
Researchers at University of Illinois-Chicago's project ADOPT believe the new location will improve accessibility and outreach to more than one underserved community.
"Immigrants and refugees with disabilities living in Chicago's north side neighborhoods will no longer have to travel outside their community to access VR services," said Jae Jin Pak, ADOPT's Community Outreach Coordinator. "Closing this gap in VR services will improve the health and economic security of all members of the disabled community."
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I joined the Air National Guard in 1996. Like everyone else, I had to go through a recruiter. I was in the process of applying for civilian police officer positions. I decided that joining the National Guard would not only be exciting but would supplement my resume and my income. I am very patriotic but I didn't realize how much until I joined the military.
Shortly after joining the Guard, my recruiter, invited me to a "new recruit" party. I was very excited about meeting new people. The party was held at the recruiter's house in a town about 45 minutes from where we were stationed. I arrived at his house and the only people there were his neighbors, a couple. One of them was in the Air National Guard with us. No one else showed up that night.
The recruiter immediately proceeded to commence in drinking games. It was his idea and he was the one serving all the drinks. We played quarters. I am horrible at quarters so he kept insisting that I drink and he kept serving me more alcohol. At one point, I had like five or more shots in front of me that he tried to pressure me to drink. After a little while, I started to get annoyed. I refused to drink anymore and didn't care if I had 10 drinks in front of me. I wasn't going to drink regardless of how much he pressured me. I eventually got up from the table and left the room. When I stood up, I felt dizzy.
I went into his livingroom and laid down on his couch. The recruiter and his neighbors stayed in the kitchen and continued to drink. I passed out. When I woke up, the neighbors were gone, the house was dark, and the recruiter was carrying me into his bedroom. I couldn't move. I felt like I was outside my body watching everything. The recruiter raped me. I was physically unable to resist and mentally frozen. After he was done with me, he turned his back to me and went to sleep.
I passed out again and awoke around 4 or 5 in the morning, it was light out. I woke up in a panic, confused about what had happened. I put my clothes on and darted out of his house. He continued to sleep. I showered when I got home. I couldn't face that I was raped. I felt so ashamed and blamed myself for being stupid. I should never have gone to his house in the first place.
Because he was in the Air National Guard, the chances of running into him increased. I couldn't face what had happened so I avoided him like the plague. It wasn't hard to do if I stayed out of the main building at the Station. I found out later that he had invited one other new recruit that I worked with. The other new recruit told me that he couldn't find the recruiter's house so he went home. He chocked it up to bad directions but I knew that it was intentional.
While attending technical school training at Keesler AFB, I met a fellow Air National Guard member. We got to talking about the recruiter. He told me that his female cousin wanted to join the Air National Guard and was also invited to a "new recruit" party. She, too, had been sexually assaulted by this recruiter. As a result, she did not join. My blood boiled when I learned about this information. I recognized the pattern immediately. I was so upset that I called the recruiter at work, flipped out on him, and told him that I was going to turn him in when I got home. I told him that I knew what he had done to the other woman as well. He hung up on me. I needed to get through my training knowing that when I got home, I would deal with him.
When I got home from technical school training, he was gone. He had quit a job that people just don't quit. He had walked away from all the years he had put in and his retirement; he was a Technical Sargeant (E-6) in an AGR position (active duty Guard). I heard that he had moved to North Carolina. I felt satisfied that I had made an impact because he left, he was gone, and I didn't have to turn him in and risk harming my career. I never wanted to see him again. I never told anyone, not even my friends and family, what happened.
I think the recruiter drugged me. And I never want to experience that out of control feeling ever again. As a result I rarely drink. When I do, I keep an eye on my drink and I am with people who make me feel safe. I have a hard time when my husband sleeps with his back to me. It shouldn't be a big deal, but it triggers me because of that one night. I am sickened that this man is still out there preying on other innocent victims. He is by all accounts a serial rapist, using the same modus operandi. This was the first of four perpetrators I encountered in the first two years of service to my country.


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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against video streaming service Zediva. The MPAA's Dan Robbins called the ruling "a great victory for the more than two million American men and women whose livelihoods depend on a thriving film and television industry."
Zediva argues that it is an ordinary DVD rental service that happens to allow customers to view their rented movies via the World Wide Web—imagine a tremendously long cord stretching from your home to the Zediva office. Like a video rental store, Zediva buys thousands of physical DVDs. Unlike a rental store, Zediva has also purchased numerous DVD players and hooked them up to the Internet. When the user wants to watch a movie, he "rents" a DVD player along with the DVD inside of it. The DVD player's output is streamed across the Internet to the user's browser.
Hollywood studios were not impressed with this perceived loophole in copyright law and sued in April, arguing that the service infringes their exclusive right to control the "public performance" of their movies. Legal experts agreed that the service was on shaky ground. "Zediva's supposed 'loophole' in copyright law doesn't exist," Grimmelmann said in a March blog post.
On Monday, Judge John F. Walter reached the same conclusion. "Defendants are violating Plaintiffs' exclusive right to publicly perform their Copyrighted Works," he wrote.
He cited a 1991 case in which courts ruled that a hotel's video-on-demand system infringed copyright. In that system, a hotel guest would choose the movie he wished to watch, then have it streamed from a bank of VCRs located in a hotel's equipment room. The courts ruled that it was irrelevant that the videos were streamed to one customer at a time in his private hotel room; the service still transmitted videos "to the public," as the statute defines that term, and thus violated copyright holders' exclusive public performance rights.
Judge Walter also seemed unimpressed by Zediva's argument against an injunction. "Defendants claim, without any evidence, that an injunction would significantly harm, if not destroy, their business," he wrote. He ruled that the harm to movie studios from lost revenues outweighed any hardship Zediva faced.
Zediva has vowed to appeal the ruling. "Today's ruling represents a setback for the hundreds of thousands of consumers looking for an alternative to Hollywood-controlled online movie services," the company wrote in a statement, pledging to stand up for "consumers' right to watch a DVD they've rented, whether that rental is at the corner store or by mail or over the Internet."
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Throngs fear site would be used as Christian school or church.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 4 (CDN) — Hundreds of people calling themselves the Muslim Community of the Puncak Route last week burned buildings under construction belonging to a Christian organization in West Java Province.
Believing that a church or school building was being built, the mob set fire to the Penabur Christian Education Foundation's unfinished guest house buildings in Cibeureum village of Cisarua sub-district, Bogor Regency, on April 27. They also burned a watchman's hut and at least two cars belonging to foundation directors.
A leader of the mob who identified himself only as Tabroni told Compass that local residents did not want a Christian worship center or Christian school in the predominantly Muslim area of Cibeureum known as Kongsi.
"We found that there is an effort to Christianize through the construction of a school and a Christian place of worship," Tabroni said. He claimed that the foundation had broken a promise to build only a guest house, not a school and a place of worship.
A foundation spokesperson identified only as Mulyono denied that it was building a school or a place of worship. Mulyono added that the guest house, a term synonymous with "conference center" in Indonesia, will be used for education and training.
"It is not true that we were building a school or a place of worship," Mulyono told Compass.
The spokesperson said the foundation had received building permits in June of 2009. An official identified only as Nuryadi of the Bogor Regency office confirmed that all of permits for a guest house and use of the land had been granted in June 2009.
The mob destroyed buildings being constructed on 2.5 hectares (6.18 acres) of land.
A consultant said the Penabur foundation has been building Icharius Guest House since February and had expected to see it completed in August.
Suspicions that a Christian school and a place of worship were being built started almost immediately, as a worship service accompanied the laying of the cornerstone.
Cisarua District Officer Bambang Usada said this led to misunderstanding.
"We had agreed that a guest house was to be built," he said. "Maybe they though it was going to be a church."
Bogor Police Chief Tomex Kurniawan agreed, saying local residents were never satisfied with explanations of the buildings' purposes. Penabur officials had explained that there would be no house of worship and that a guest house was being constructed with permission of the Bogor government.
"We had mediation meetings, but the people were never satisfied," Kurniawan said. "We are now digging for more information for our investigation. There have been property losses, and someone is responsible."
Dissatisfaction and the attendant religious intolerance among local residents were evident. The local block captain, who identified himself only as Rahmat, said he never accepted that district and regency officials had granted permission for the building.
"They were not building a guest house, but a place of worship," Rahmat told Compass.
At press time police had no suspects for the attack. They have gathered information from 14 people, including construction workers, and they are guarding the building site against further incidents.
Construction has been suspended, also as a precautionary measure.
"We are waiting for a more conducive atmosphere," Mulyono said.
The Penabur Foundation was founded in 1952 under the name the West Java Chinese Kie Tok Kauw Hwee Education Foundation. On March 21, 1989, the name was changed to the Penabur Christian Education Foundation. It runs approximately 60 schools across Indonesia.
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PHOENIX—Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slapped down the right wing of her own party, vetoing a bill pushed by social conservatives that would have allowed people with sincerely held religious beliefs to refuse to serve gays.
The conservative governor said she could not sign a bill that was not only unneeded but would damage the state's improving business environment and divide its citizens.
Senate Bill 1062 had set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties.
Loud cheers erupted outside the Capitol building immediately after Brewer made her announcement Wednesday night.
Brewer pushed back hard against the GOP conservatives who forced the bill forward by citing examples of religious rights infringements in other states.
"I have not heard one example in Arizona where a business owner's religious liberty has been violated," Brewer said. "The bill is broadly worded and could result in unintended and negative consequences."
And she chastised the GOP-controlled state Legislature for sending her a divisive bill instead of working on a state budget that continues her economic expansion policies or an overhaul of Arizona's broken child welfare system, her top priorities.
In a reference to the gay marriage debate that has expanded across the nation, she reached out to the religious right with sympathy but said 1062 was not the solution.
"Our society is undergoing many dramatic changes," she said. "However, I sincerely believe that Senate Bill 1062 has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve. It could divide Arizona in ways we cannot even imagine and nobody could ever want."
The bill was designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays or others who offend their beliefs. But opponents called it an open attack on gays that invited discrimination.
Arizona was thrust into the national spotlight last week after both chambers of the state legislature approved it. As the days passed, more and more groups, politicians and average citizens weighed in against Senate Bill 1062. Many took to social media to criticize the bill.
Prominent business groups said it would be another black eye for the state that saw a national backlash over its 2010 immigration-crackdown law, SB1070, and warned that businesses looking to expand into the state may not do so if bill became law.
Companies such as Apple Inc. and American Airlines and politicians including GOP Sen. John McCain and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney were among those who urged Brewer to veto the legislation. The Hispanic National Bar Association cancelled its 2015 convention in Phoenix.
In addition, three Republicans who had voted for the bill reversed course and two said it was a mistake. They said in a letter to Brewer that while the intent of their vote "was to create a shield for all citizens' religious liberties, the bill has been mischaracterized by its opponents as a sword for religious intolerance."
Enough lawmakers have said they're against the bill to ensure there will be no override of the governor's veto.
SB 1062 allows people to claim their religious beliefs as a defense against claims of discrimination. Backers cite a New Mexico Supreme Court decision that allowed a gay couple to sue a photographer who refused to document their wedding, even though the law that allowed that suit doesn't exist in Arizona.
Sen. Al Melvin, a Republican who is running for governor and voted for the bill, said he was disappointed by the veto.
"I am sorry to hear that Governor Brewer has vetoed this bill. I'm sure it was a difficult choice for her, but it is a sad day when protecting liberty is considered controversial," Melvin said.
Democrats said it was a veiled attempt to legally discriminate against gay people.
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, said he would remain vigilant of other legislation that could also target gays.
"The effect is that again we got a black eye," Gallego said. "But it also shows that Arizona can stand united"
The Center for Arizona Policy helped write the bill and argued it was needed to protect against increasingly activist federal courts and simply clarifies existing state law. It accused opponents of mischaracterizing the bill and threatening boycotts of Arizona.
"It is truly a disappointing day in our state and nation when lies and personal attacks can overshadow the truth," said Cathi Herrod, the leader of the group.
Similar religious-protection legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, South Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma, but Arizona's plan is the only one that has been passed by a state legislature. The efforts are stalled in Idaho and Kansas, and was withdrawn in Ohio Wednesday among concerns it would have unintended consequences.
The push in Arizona comes as an increasing number of conservative states grapple with ways to counter the growing legality of gay marriage. Arizona has a ban on gay marriage.
Federal judges have recently struck down those bans in Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia, but those decisions are under appeal.
On Wednesday, a federal judge declared Texas' ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, but left it in place until an appeals court can rule on the case.
Associated Press reporter Astrid Galvan in Phoenix, Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City and Jesse Holland in Washington contributed.
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You're not tiring of pumpkin yet, are you? I'm truly not, and I am enjoying eating pumpkin daily. In many industrialised countries, eating with the seasons has gone the way of the 8-Track. Here in France, however, the seasons really dictate what we eat and when. Thankfully the state of California doesn't provide 80% of our produce (like, ahem, in some other countries), sadly however, imports are playing a larger role than before.
That being said, when I go to the local supermarché, the origins of all fruits and vegetables are clearly labeled, allowing people to make informed decisions about who they are supporting – multi-national food conglomerates, or local farmers. I was wanting pumpkin so badly, and was frustrated that we wouldn't have any fresh pumpkin a few weeks ago because it seemed that there was no pumpkin to be had. Then, suddenly, a plethora of pumpkins appeared, and all of them grown in our village!
This is a very small village, so I'm guessing that the harvest came from more than one farmer. I think it's important to keep in mind that eating locally keeps the local farmers in business, in addition to local industry. For example, about 10 minutes drive from here we have a company that makes candies, jams and other foods – and from local ingredients when possible. Buying local means more local jobs, which means less economic uncertainty and unemployment, and this of course means happier homes, marriages and in turn, kids. Le boucle est bouclé. All that from a pumpkin. Wow.
So we're eating pumpkin. We'll be eating pumpkin for quite a while, probably until we're sick of it – and that will be at the end of the season. We do the same thing for asparagus, cherries, apricots…even the figs that grow in our garden and grace us with two harvests. Eating with the seasons means really getting your fill of vitamins, minerals and flavours, then going on to the next (ripe) thing. This was what nature intended, and why she allowed us to grow tired of our favourite foods – so that we wouldn't miss them right away when they were gone, and so we would crave them when they were in season again!
I do realise that I'm preaching to the choir here, as most of my readers do follow the seasons, but I think it's important to rationalise why I'm getting so crazy with the pumpkin recipes, after all, many of you are new here! Welcome! Of course I'll be freezing some pumpkin, but my stocks never make it past New Year's Eve.
Gratiné de pâtes au potiron or Baked pumpkin pasta au gratin
Sounds sexier in French, n'est ce pas?
1 recipe Easy Béchamel sauce
250g whole wheat pasta of choice (we used coquillettes, but any small pasta works)
1 large onion, diced
1 tbs olive oil
2 to 5 cloves garlic, minced (we love garlic, but it might be too much, so use 2!)
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tbs dried parsley
2 cups fresh pumpkin purée (canned will work, but whiz it in the food processor with a 1/4 cup water before adding to pasta)
1 cup frozen peas, rinsed under warm water to get icky frosty freezer taste away
salt and pepper to taste
Set your water boiling for the pasta, and follow package directions. Strain, return to the pot and set aside.
Heat a skillet and sautée onions until translucent, then add garlic and sautée for about 3 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add cumin, parsley, pumpkin and peas and stir for about a minute. Turn off heat, carefully taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste. Add the pumpkin mixture to the pasta and stir until combined, then pour into an oven safe baking dish.
Now make your béchamel! There are more béchamel recipes out there than I can count (and I can count really high!), so just google béchamel, or look in your favourite cook book. Or use this recipe, one of the first recipes I learned to make. Ever.
Wait! Before you begin your sauce, pre-heat your oven to 200°c/395°F!
Easy Béchamel Sauce
2/3 cup non-dairy milk (I use soy)
1/4 cup non-dairy butter (I use St. Hubért Bio)
1 to 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (AP works, too. So does brown rice flour.)
Pinch ground nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. When melted, lower heat and whisk in flour until it's well combined. Continue whisking while slowly adding the milk, a little at a time, to avoid making lumps. Once it's combined, continue stirring and turn the heat back up to medium. The béchamel will thicken as you stir, if it's not, turn the heat up a little more. When desired consistency is reached, remove from heat and add the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Now gently pour béchamel over your pasta, and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the sauce is lightly browned in spots. Let cool a little so you don't burn your tongue. Yippie!


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It begs the question what looks more out of place on the sidelines: Suits or sweats (as favored by a guy like Bill Belichick)? Beli's hoody took on mythical properties during the Pats' run – he was the monk who didn't care about his looks, only winning. When they lose, of course, he looks like a schlub.
I guess the lesson is that when a coach is winning, whatever he is wearing looks good.
More big storylines for today:
The winning difference appears to be his RISP, which was 3rd – and significantly higher than his MVP competitors like Morneau or Ortiz. (Remember when people thought Papi was a lock? Ha.)
NL MVP: Howard tops Pujols. Confirms that Ryan is the new "Face of Baseball." (And only a sophomore!)
MLB Hot Stove: Or should that be "silly season?" Today's latest: Juan Pierre is going to get a 5Y/$45M deal from the Dodgers. There is some funny money being thrown around.
College Hoops: I still can't figure out whether youthful Duke is for real, so I'm really looking forward to seeing them versus
NBA: Jazz off to best start ever (10-1) AND they just sold the naming rights to their arena to a nuclear waste services company. (Does that mean we can start calling the arena "The Nuke?")
The NBA highlight of the night? Everyone will be talking about 5-9 Nate Robinson blocking the shot of 7-6 Yao Ming. Hopefully, the video footage will get to YouTube.
Hello: Mavericks (won 6th straight).
See ya: Aaron Rodgers (out for season).